Ghana - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Ghana was 78.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 78.50 in 2019, while its lowest value was 33.37 in 1971.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 33.37
1972 36.24
1974 37.69
1975 37.10
1991 43.52
1992 47.00
1999 47.07
2000 48.24
2001 45.83
2002 49.45
2003 46.91
2004 47.90
2005 50.45
2008 58.79
2009 65.06
2011 60.12
2012 59.54
2013 63.06
2014 63.07
2015 71.93
2017 72.03
2018 77.40
2019 78.50

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Ghana was 77.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 78.66 in 2018, while its lowest value was 53.05 in 2001.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 59.71
1972 59.39
1974 60.47
1975 58.31
1991 66.95
1992 71.59
1999 58.08
2000 58.31
2001 53.05
2002 57.46
2003 54.35
2004 56.26
2005 59.95
2008 67.75
2009 74.14
2011 68.55
2012 66.82
2013 69.41
2014 67.93
2015 76.18
2017 74.81
2018 78.66
2019 77.87

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Ghana was 78.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 78.18 in 2019, while its lowest value was 41.81 in 1989.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 46.88
1972 48.12
1974 49.40
1975 48.00
1989 41.81
1991 55.44
1992 59.51
1999 52.68
2000 53.38
2001 49.51
2002 53.54
2003 50.71
2004 52.17
2005 55.30
2008 63.37
2009 69.70
2011 64.43
2012 63.26
2013 66.30
2014 65.56
2015 74.10
2017 73.45
2018 78.04
2019 78.18

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes